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A mixed Summit attempt for Team Brothers
The Swedish summer usually means sun, long days and plenty of fika, this wasn’t quite the experience of Team Brothers at the recent Summit Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena just north of Stockholm. The trip didn’t get off to the best of notes with Margot and Stefan Schmidt (FIM-E Super Street Bike) stranded on the roadside with a wounded transporter. Once they arrived at the track and met up with team mate Eric Richard (FIM-E Top Fuel Bike) things didn’t progress as planned. Catching up with Margot after the meeting:
Continue readingLight Speed make mid-season moves
Bertrand Maurice and the French Light Speed FIM-E Pro Stock Bike team left Sweden in fine fettle having picked up the event win, a new personal best and the points lead with two events on the calendar remaining.
Continue readingGustafsson, Christiansen, Morrison Jnr and Maurice take the Summit trophies at Tierp Arena
FIM-E European Drag Bike Championship – Round Two – Summit Equipment Internationals, Tierp Arena, Sweden 7th-10th August.
The Summit Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena north of Stockholm came to a dramatic (in some cases far too dramatic) conclusion on Sunday.
Continue readingFIM-E European Drag Bike Championship – Round Two – Summit Equipment Internationals, Tierp Arena, Sweden 7th-10th August
The European dragbike season resumes after a long hiatus at Tierp Arena just north of Stockholm for the Summit Equipment Internationals. The meeting features substantial entries in the four FIM-E championship categories with a true multinational flavour.
Continue readingTeam Brothers reflect and look forward
It has been a turbulent couple of months for the multinational Team Brothers outfit in the interim between the first and second FIM-E rounds as Margot Schmidt (FIM-E Super Street Bike competitor) explains.
Continue readingGolden comeback Voodoo Hemi Racing at Santa Pod
After a sabbatical Marck Harteveld and his team Voodoo Hemi Racing are back on track and all competitors will know right now. During The Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway, the opening round of the FIA European Pro Modified Championship, Harteveld immediately claimed the number one qualifying position with 5.871 seconds! In the first round of eliminations Harteveld reset his personal best with the Voodoo Hemi Racing ’70 Plymouth Superbird to 5.859 seconds and advanced to the semifinals with a win in the quarter finals. With a great chance for Harteveld to claim a place in the final, the race had to be stopped due to rain. With the points gained at Santa Pod, Harteveld is the proud leader of the FIA European Pro Modified Championship.
Continue readingSpeedy’s short times bode well for Christiansen
As we’ve come to expect from the dynamic Danish duo, Marcus Christiansen and his Speedy father Klaus, have been thinking hard over the winter to improve, refine and develop the total package that is their unique and multiple championship winning injected FIM-E Super Twin. The opening round of the 2025 points chase at Santa Pod gave quite a few pointers for what lies ahead as Marcus outlines:
Continue readingLipponen sees the positives after FIM-E Super Twin opener
After a frame up overhaul of his blown OHC V-Twin, Vesa “First into the Fives” Lipponen spent a lot of the recent Main Event weekend thrashing to get the bike to the line let alone putting in a competitive appearance at the FIM-E Super Twin championship opener. In the end, a rolling double digit qualifier got the Finn into eliminations but a puff of exhaust smoke ended his day. Despite these setbacks, Vesa is confident the team have a handle on what went wrong.
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